Maryland College for Women - Marylander Yearbook (Lutherville, MD)

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Milli-1TlTll me MARYLANDER mm- Y iff. H .S 4 , Rl K ff H 5 H r F1 3 as fi it fi e QA Prophecy 533 able. Imagine the worst feelings you have ever had imagine that to be a hundredfold worse then you cannot picture me or my feelings .f' ,. , . ffilffw as I sat there alone. A person brave and strong enough to undertake RATED in a Y. W. C. A. hut in France, I was lonely, blue and miser- ,X if C 6 . . y. . 7 f , , , , this kind of work in a foreign country is, as a rule, too strong to bend to the pangs,of homesickness. But. dear friends, let a reminder or 'the dearest days one has ever experienced, far dearcr than one ever hopes to have, come 3000 miles from home, and I warrant anyone would be greatly tried. My despair was the result of having received a Maryland College Commencement announcement, calling me back to the celebration of the Sixty-seventh Anniver- sary and Conferring Degrees, June 6, 1921. I thought of my own Class of 1919, wondered where they all were, and longed to see them once again. But this was no place for idle dreams, and the chances of seeing them was as far from possible as I was from home. Reconstruction in France was rapidly progressing, but not near enough com- pletion to allow the return of our soldiers. So ours was the work of helping to make the recreation hours of these boys pleasant and helpful. Since this is an age of advancement, our Government had organized what was known as the Edu- cational Corps, of which I was an enlisted member in the mathematical depart- ment, teaching anything from elementary arithmetic for the uneducated lads to higher mathematics for boys who desire to enter college. This particular morning I was at my regular desk preparing for my evening classes. when a great stir was caused by the entrance of an apparent stranger. I did not look up until I heard this person talking to several of my co-workers. Where had I heard that voice before? Approaching the group, whom do you suppose I recognized our guest to be? Yes, it was Peg Stewart. This compe- tent member of our class of I9I9 had aspired to the position of Supervisor of the Educational Department of the U. S. Army-in France, and was here to visit our classes. Between the time she arrived and the assembling of our classes at seven, we certainly did talk over old friends and schoolmates. Peg had just gotten a letter from Fay, who was being paid a large salary giving illustrated lectures under the auspices of the Better 1-Iealth Association, showing thousands of people all over the country how, upon having dislocated any bones of their body, espe- cially the knee, to replace said bone carefully, painlessly and gracefully. Fay said if she had only had some good information on this subject while at school she was sure she would have been saved much pain and trouble. With the suf- fering and comfort of others in mind, she had worked hard to accomplish this. her laudable goal. Fa 's letter imparted glad tidings of Octavia, whose recent recital had taken New ork by storm, and after which she had offers to sign up with several of the greatest opera companiesof the world. Peg went on to sav, Of course you heard about Snyder? She had her passports and everything ready to come to France to see 'Si' when he arrived in America. They were married ,M an mfl1919l1-1 m- em- -fn Mk Eig h ly-Two

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Aw me MARYLANDER On Valentine Day the Faculty entertained us at tea in their parlor. It was B an afternoon of pleasure which will long be remembered. Q April IQ is a red-letter day on our calendar, for it was then that we were so royally entertained by President and Mrs. Rouse with a dance at the Villa. This Q evening holds a prominent place among our pleasant memories of Senior year, Our sister class, the Sophomores, graciously entertained us on the lawn with a japanese fete, proving themselves clever hostesses and a sister class of which 5 we could well be proud. H The time of commencement is at handy the four years of Nineteen's career in Maryland are.overg our frolics, our faults, our joys, our sorrows, our ambi- H tions, our achievements have lost their reality and are now but remembranees and E ' printed statements on the pages of our annual. Though we will not be classmates again, our feelings of true friendship and sympathy will never cease. Wherever we may go, whatever may be our life-calling, we will always carry with us the H spirit and the ideals we have built during the last four years. . Qi :Si E, E Fl F3 gi E3 X qgq s .PDX 5 ' 'W' Q 5 19EiSpxmRQr,Q la as gi rr li B V 5 li TN? I L C ?,4 C- up aff' 1 1 9 Im -A .fm fig Eighty-One 1 xg

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5-lrbe MARYLANDER Q El S fl H Fl 5 El H cz y the fall following commencement. And whom do you suppose I met down in Southern France at a sulphur spring health resort ? I could think of only one girl whose health was greatly impaired by overwork at Maryland College, so I named the 98-pound prodigy of our class-Marion Pugh Yes, I was supervising some classes there and met her in the hotel. She came abroad on her honeymoon, and the climate here agreed with her so well that she has been here ever since. She is looking line and weighs about 175 pounds. This was the extent of Peg's knowledge of the members of our class, so I proceeded to tell,her of the information I had gotten from a Baltimore paper about Gordy, and read her the following article: Young Maryland Girl Receives Great Honor.-Miss Gladys Gordy, well- known Eastern Shore beauty, today received the great honor of Judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland. After graduating from Maryland College for Women she completed a law course at Johns Hopkins, was admitted to the bar at the November term of court, and as counsellor at the February term of court. This promising young lawyer is recognized throughout the State, and we attribute her unusual success to her splendid training as ' of her Alma Mater? This was welcome news to both of us, and we were very proud of the suc- cessful careers of the members of our class. I almost forgot, I continued, to tell you that I saw the Linthicums last month on an entertainment circuit of the Y. M. C. A., giving a clever dancing act President of the Student Council in vaudeville. The Linthicums dancing ? Yes, and they said that 'Mac,' who married an Earl, is now posing for a fashion show in Paris. Their time was limited, so I didn't see them long, but learned in that short half hour that Maerker was applying her Domestic Science in helping the Government as a member of the Food Administration in Europe, and that Gunby was an enthusiastic and successful journalist, representing the Baltimore Suu at the League of Nations. This exhausted my discoveries, so we a J , g afternoon in Paris, where we had planned to celebrate our chance encounter. d'ourned reatly anticipating the next A cloudy morning gave us warning of a dull day, but we proceeded. By the time we reached Paris the rain was falling heavily, and gave evidence of continu- ing throughout the night. The dampness and chill which accompanied it were not the best stimulators for cheer and good times. The fog was thickening, and we could hardly see ahead of us. We had planned a lark, but, truth to tell, by then we surely felt like bluejays. We had not gone far when the heavy black rain clouds hovering low in the sky suddenly broke forth, and torrents of rain de- scended upon us. Fate helped us seek refuge in a little tea house across the street. This little place, compared to the cold, dreary world outside, seemed no less than an ethereal fairyland. It was the cheeriest place I had seen since leav- I iw fm fliawlfm L an Eighty-Three E is il El C El Ei Fl la H if L and